Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Author's Note: We're saying only Kakashi's team did the bell test.
"Ladies," Kurenai greeted the girls as they entered the training area in their backyard. Asuma just smiled at them and said nothing. "Good morning and welcome to your first time training together. For your first task you must outsmart us."
Asuma held up a pair of bells. They shone in the morning sunlight and Sakura gasped. The other girls looked at her in surprise and she gave them a look that said 'ask later'.
"Whoever gets these bells, passes," Asuma grinned at them.
"Ha, I'll get them before you Sakura!" Ino spoke confidently and made to dash at the teachers, but Sakura caught her wrist.
"Think about that first," Sakura looked at her calmly. "There are two of them. They are both jounin. And there are four of us genin."
Ino looked disappointed and nodded her understanding. Sakura released her wrist. The teachers looked impressed but added nothing.
"What do we do?" Tenten asked Sakura.
"We have to work together," Sakura answered. "As a team. First, we should find somewhere to plan where they can't hear us."
"Got it," The other girls said and they all dashed off to find a better location.
"Haruno Sakura, huh?" Asuma commented when the girls disappeared.
"Kakashi wasn't exaggerating," Kurenai grinned.
xXx
Gai and the boys stood outside in the middle of the training area waiting for the infamously late silver-haired jounin. The boys really should have gotten the hint when Naruto and Sasuke woke up late.
"Where is he?" Kiba groaned and Naruto checked his watch.
"It's been an hour and a half. He should be here soon," Naruto said and Kiba rolled his eyes.
"If that's it, then why did you show up forty-five minutes ago?" Kiba wanted to know.
"What else is there to do?" Naruto shrugged.
Finally, Kakashi showed up and waved politely as though he was actually on time. Gai positively fumed and the boys who weren't on Kakashi's team glared.
"What?" He asked.
xXx
"We've got to work together to get those bells," Sakura explained. "Pairing up will probably be our best bet."
There was silence from the group and Sakura sweat-dropped. She wasn't used to be the one to make a strategy, usually that was Sasuke. She caught herself dimly wondering what the boys were up to.
"Well, Hinata and I have the best hand-to-hand skills," Tenten finally spoke up. "I can take Sakura while Ino goes with Hinata."
"I've got another idea," Ino said. "Asuma is my teacher, and Kurenai is hers. So we should be split up too. That puts me with Tenten and Sakura with Hinata."
"Good idea, Ino," Sakura smiled at her. "So Ino will direct the assault on Asuma and Hinata the one on Kurenai. Break?"
"Break," The other three repeated and they went off to do their respective duties.
xXx
"I remember this one," Naruto smirked and glanced over at Sasuke, who nodded in understanding.
"Let's go," Kiba said to Shino, and they walked to the side of the clearing.
"That's not going to work," Naruto shouted after them, but the two ignored them.
"You've done this before?" Shikamaru concluded and raised an eyebrow at Naruto and Sasuke, who nodded back.
"Then let's figure this out," Shikamaru grinned and the remaining boys gathered around.
xXx
"Okay, so there he is," Ino whispered and Tenten drew three kunai. "He always has to have a cigarette, he says it helps him think. He'll get distracted if we can get it away from him."
"And his pack, got it," Tenten smirked. She really loved it when her weapons expertise was what made a difference.
Asuma was startled by the sound of a kunai nearby. He spun around and saw where it had hit the tree. It was deep in the trunk, which meant it had to be the girl from Gai's team. But she had 100 accuracy, right? Then why would-
He never finished his thought. All he saw was a trail of smoke zoom past him and he looked to where it had gone. Another kunai had perfectly hit his cigarette, taken it from his lips, and buried it into the ground.
So it was that girl from Gai's team. Asuma looked around once more, idly reaching for his stash of cigarettes, only to panic as he realized it was missing. When had that happened!
"Asuma-sensei," He turned around when he heard his name, only to see the last seal of Ino's jutsu. One bell taken care of.
Kurenai turned to where Asuma had gone as she heard the faintest sound of…giggling? Had these girls really figured this out so quickly?
"Okay, so what do we do?" Sakura whispered to Hinata.
"She's good at hand-to-hand, if I go distract her, I think you can sneak in and grab a bell," Hinata answered.
"Sounds good," Sakura replied and moved away. Hinata went closer, and took a deep breath. She activated byakuugan, and charged at her teacher.
Kurenai blocked the onslaught quickly, but her chakra was slowed by Hinata's gentle fist anyway. Hinata registered Sakura coming closer behind Kurenai, and began focusing on disarming her teacher's arms. But still, when Sakura approached Kurenai caught her arm as it was on the way to the bell.
"Think I didn't know she was there?" Kurenai smiled as Hinata also went for the bell, but was blocked when Kurenai used Sakura to block it.
Several shuriken coming from the far side of the clearing forced Kurenai to put down Sakura and jump back. Ino and Tenten dashed into the clearing and helped Hinata and Sakura regain their composure quickly.
"I see you've really figured out what we were trying to teach you," Kurenai smiled. "I'm impressed, but there's still a bell left."
"Not for long," The girls shared a glance.
xXx
"I have a feeling we'll have the harder task," Kakashi commented as he read his book.
"And you're still reading, at a time like this," Gai shook his head.
"Well, if it was just me I wouldn't. But I've got back-up," Kakashi never looked up. There was rustle in the bushes and Kakashi tossed a shuriken carelessly, then a gasp was heard.
"Guess it's not that bad," Kakashi said as he turned the page and Gai glared at him.
xXx
The girls went and hid in the bushes once more, planning an attack. Kurenai waited patiently and watched the area around her carefully. Two shuriken were tossed towards her, and she simply deflected them with two kunai. Silence settled on the area once more.
"Kurenai-san," a male voice called, she relaxed but still held her guard. "Have they gotten your bell yet?"
"No, yours?" She questioned and he nodded. "They're good."
"Where are they?"
"The bushes," She answered and another kunai came shooting at them. Before they could deflect it, the weapon took off with Asuma's cigarette. Kurenai stifled a laugh as he turned red with annoyance.
"It might be best to just go through the bushes and get it over with-" Kurenai reached down for her weapon holster and froze. She then felt for the bell, which was still in place.
Another rustle of the bushes, and all four girls came running towards Kurenai.
"Want a hand?" Asuma offered.
"What else are you here for?" She muttered and went into a stance. Asuma pulled out a few weapons and tossed them at the girls, forcing them into a different formation. Hinata went straight for Kurenai with byakuugan and jyuuken at the ready as the others made to surround her. Kurenai threw some shuriken at them, and her eyes widened when they all disappeared in clouds of smoke.
Shuriken rained down on her and the four girls sat next to her and Asuma as they were pinned to the ground. Sakura grinned as she shook the bell gently in front of the teachers.
"Yup, we're good," The four gave each other high fives.
xXx
"Katon: housenka no jutsu!" A barrage of fireballs was sent at Kakashi and Gai's backs. Gai went to jump up out of the way, but was hit from the top by none other than Lee. A team of Naruto's had grabbed Kakashi and Shikamaru used his shadow technique. Kakashi looked disappointed, maybe because he'd been outsmarted so quickly or maybe because Shikamaru wasn't letting him read. Who knows.
Gai, on the other hand, wasn't going down so easily. Chouji grabbed the bell from Kakashi, and stayed on hold in case Shikamaru needed him. Naruto went to help with Gai, and made a circle around him to prevent escape. Neji took to using his jyuuken on Gai, and Sasuke snuck up behind and snagged the bell. The green-clad shinobi dropped to the ground as the boys released their various jutsus.
"Told you we got the hard group…" Kakashi went back to his book.